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Someone who thinks the world ...

Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.

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Our passionate preoccupation ...

Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from.

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The hardest arithmetic to mas...

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

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We are told that talent creat...

We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.

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The only way to predict the f...

The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.

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Kindness can become its own m...

Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.

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We have rudiments of reverenc...

We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider as nothing the rape of the human mind.

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It is futile to judge a kind ...

It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.

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A nation without dregs and ma...

A nation without dregs and malcontents is orderly, peaceful and pleasant, but perhaps without the seed of things to come.

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Man was nature's mistake she ...

Man was nature's mistake she neglected to finish him and she has never ceased paying for her mistake.

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We used to think that revolut...

We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.

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A dissenting minority feels f...

A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.

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It is remarkable by how much ...

It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men.

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Charlatanism of some degree i...

Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership.

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It would be difficult to exag...

It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence.

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Where everything is possible ...

Where everything is possible miracles become commonplaces, but the familiar ceases to be self-evident.

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Wise living consists perhaps ...

Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.

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There is probably an element ...

There is probably an element of malice in our readiness to overestimate people - we are, as it were, laying up for ourselves the pleasure of later cutting them down to size.

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Where there is the necessary ...

Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.

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Man is the only creature that...

Man is the only creature that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the impossible.

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